Rumour has it that ABU Management are thinking of swinging the axe. Blooted support function that could be offshored immediately saving costs. Watch this space...
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In most countries, severance pay is $0 by law. Where Chevron chooses to offer severance beyond what is required by law, they can do it differently year by year even if it means people get different packages on different years.
Unfair dismissal would be if you were let go because of your age, skin color, or the shape of your toilet area.
Heard CTC USA had to put a hold on their plans to EOI some folks. Had to wait for "enterprise wide" action coming this year. My understanding was that past payouts were 4 weeks plus 4 weeks for every year of service capped at 2 years. Why would they change that?, especially if they let older staff go - can't risk an unfair dismissal suit?
Having been through several layoffs and wondered how on earth we would manage, every single time the business has turned out to be even more efficient and effective with fewer people. Honestly, the extra bodies just get in the way of the doers. Streamlining really is the way to go.
ABU loves offshoring and gets sold by the LTI leads that the work they do is fantastic and swallow it hook line and sinker. Meanwhile the LTI work is actually terrible and they deflect blame onto other Chevron teams and ABU leadership again buys it.
Wouldnt be surprised to see 20% go and the same output achieved, the place is like a country club
Long overdue for the tail that wags the dog at ABU. Time to clean house
CNE is a disaster in the region including Oz so I can’t say layoffs are unjustified. But the hipots there will float onto the next big thing as usual. MH does not have a next job and will retire so nothing to lose.
Previous Severance for ABU was from what I heard 4 weeks for each year of service capped at 52 weeks. I doubt it would be the same if the axe was to be swung
MH is a year or two from retirement…….he has nothing to lose and everything to try to preserve his legacy. He doesn’t want to retire from ABU on a down note, so he will do whatever is required for short term results that allow him to exit on tho high nooooote!
MH doesn't have a clue how to run an overseas business. Heck, he made a hash of GOM. Cost cutting is low hanging fruit of the only kind he recognizes and knows MW would bless. He has to do something or he won't have any chance of promotion, in his view. Hold on to your hat, hapless Ozzies.
No surprise. Completely mixed up dynamics in the work ranks. For many years, Perth (and Aberdeen, RIP) was viewed as the "go-to" foreign assignment for up-and-coming high-pots. After the 2015 purge, virtually all the expats were pulled back to the states, the few Australian expats in the US sent back, and in the midst of all this staffing merry-go-round, cost overruns, train shutdowns, CO2 targets missed, etc.
Yes also heard that it is starting again at ABU. They seem incapable of managing headcount during business as usual so do it via periodic downsizing. I’m also hearing that the package is being significantly reduced compared to 2020. Why on earth they built the new building I’ll never know.
This is most of chevron tbh
Yes was told today from project forge too many high PSGs in lower ranking jobs doing very little